Evening Star Newspaper, December 26, 1928, Page 13

| The giant liner Celtic grimly awaits her doom. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, 5 A A new view of the transatlantic liner hard on the rocks off the Irish coast which have held her fast against all attempts to float her again. Much of the cargo has been salvaged, but hope has virtually been abandoned of sav- ing the big liner, which is being ceaselessly pounded by the sea.—Copyright by P. & A. Photos. Police of the fifth precinet aid in gladdening Christmas day for underprivileged youngsters of the Southeast section. Scene in the station house as it was used as a distributing center for toys and other gifts presented for the Christmas party by business concerns of the city. The officers grouped with the youngsters are, left to right: W. P. Als, John O’Connell, George Cross, Sergt. A, W. Guyer and Capt. W. E. Sanford. TRANSOCEAN AR SERVIGE T0 START German Announces Trips| Will Be Made to South America in Spring. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 26—Dr. Adolph Rohrbach, German aeronautical engineer, announced today that regular transatlantic flying service between Germany and South America would be started in the Spirng. Dr. Rohrbach, who came here to at- tend the International Aeropautical Congress at Washington, said the serv- ice would be operated by the Deutche Lufthansa Airlines, using 12-passenger tri-motored Rohrbach-Romar - flying boats, three of which have already ‘been bullt. It is planned to make five stops, Bpain, the Azores, Fernando de Norohna, off the toast of Brazil; Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires. First flights in 1929 will be experi- mental, to acquaint pilots and naviga- tors (each plane will have a four-man crew) with South Atlantic flying con- ditions. If it is found necessary in the interests of safety the whole Summer season will be devoted to experimental fiying; in which case regular passengen gervice will be put off until 1930. Dr. Rohrbach said he believed the transatlantic plane of the future would be a flying boat weighing akout 150 tons, having a wing spread around 250 feet, and carrying 200 passengers. ARLINGTON DAY QUIET. Only One Arrest Made in County | on Christmas. #pecial Dispatch to The Star. ARLINGTON, Va., December 26.— Christmas in Arlinston County went down in history as the quietest of many years, with only one arrest. Charged | with failing to stop his automobile after an accident, Charles de Rosier was fined $15 and costs this morning. He was ar- rested last night as a result of a col- | lision, which resulted, however, in slight damage and no personal injuries. Last year two arrests for reckless driving were made in the county. One of the defendants was fined and the other freed. FOREIGNERS "QUIT KABUL. Members of 20 Families Are Evacu- ated by British Planes. PESHAWAR, India, December 26 (#).—Members of 20 European families were evacuated during Christmas day by . British military airplanes from Kabul. Afghanistan. Those brought | 'Brown, daughter of Alexander Brown T SUFFERVTALER, SPORTHAN, DEAD New Yorker, 61, Was Promi- nent in Financial and Society Circles. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, December 26.—T. Suffern Tailer, New York bankef, in- ternationally known sportsman and social leader, died unexpectedly :here yesterday after eating Christmas din- ner at the home of his wife's parents. Death was attributed to heart disease, from which Mr, Tailer has suffered for several years. He was 61 years old. Active in the social life of New York and Newport two decades, Mr. Tailer as a young man was a devotee of | coaching and tennis and in his later years a golf enthusiast. At one time | he held an indoor tennis championship. | In 1892 he established a coaching record between Paris and Trouville, driving his famous coach, which was a copy of the quicksilver royal coach of London and which he had christened “Herald” in honor of his friend, Jaines Gordon Bennett, who accompanied him on his record drive. About eight years ago Mr. Tailer built the famous Ocean Links at New- port, a private golf course, and es- tablished the Gold Mashie tournament which became an amateur golfing classic. His son is a golf star in his ‘teens. - . In business Mr. Tailer was senior member of Tailer & Co., investment bankers. The son of an old American family, he was born at Newport and divided his time between there and New York. He was a graduate of Harvard University. He was married twice, his first wife being Maude Lorillard, daughter of Pierre Lorillard, tobacco ! man. She obtained a divorce in 1902 and in 1909 he married Harriet Stewart of the banking house of Alexander Brown & Sons, of this city. WINS HARMON MEDAL. Prof. J. Russell Smith Honored for Flood-Control Article. NEW YORK, December 26 (#).—J. Russell Smith, professor of economic geography at Columbia University, and writer of books on commerce and in- dustry, was yesterday granted a gold medal and $500 by the Harmon Foundation for being “the author of an article of signal benefit in stimu- lating constructive public opinion in so- cial or industrial flelds.” The award to Prof. Smith was based on his article, “Plan or Perish,” pub- lished in the Survey Graphic of July, 1927, in which he discussed the situa- tion in the Mississippl Valley leading up to the flood disaster and offered a workable plan for the control of a great river at high water. Town Sued for $25,000. Special Dispatch to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va. December 26— Suit for $25.000 damages against the town of Norfon has been filed in the from the Afghan capital included the nieces of French Minister Feit and Federal district court here by the Porter Constructors. —Star Staff Photo. Gene Tunney, the retired heavyweight champion, presenting to Adjt. Gen. L. S. T. Halliday of the British Royal Marines the trophy sent over by the United States Marine Corps to be competed for by the various foot ball units of the Royal Marines. —Copyright by P. & A. Photos. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1928. One of the first photographs to reach the United States of damage in the recent severe earthquake in Chile. It shows demolished stores on the main street of Talca, one of the hardest hit communities in the catastrophe, which took more than 200 lives and left some —Copyright by P. & A. Photos. 20,000 homeless. Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Robinson grecting Santa Claus on his arrival by plane at the Anacostia Air Station yesterday for the big Christmas party given there for young- sters of the Episcopal Home and children of enlisted men at the air station. Santa’s arrival over the field was heralded by one of his aids who dropped from the plane in a parachute and informed the eager youngsters that Old Nick was about to land. Bank clerks work under difficulties after the Chilean earthquake. The clerical staff of the Central Bank of Talca, Chile, working at an improvised outdoor desk in the Plaza de Armas after the bank had been left in ruins. —Copyright by P. & A. Photos. PLANS TO SERVE HEIRS OF MILLIONAIRE’S ESTATE| San Francisco Bank Applies for Ancillary Guardianship of James McDonald’s Grandsons. ‘The United Security Bank & Trust Co. of San Francisco has asked the District of Columbia Probate Court to| appoint it as ancillary guardian of the | estate of James McDonald, jr., 15 years old, and Robert A. McDonald, 13, grand- sons of James McDonald, millionaire London representative of the Standard Oil Co., who died several years ago. The children are living with their; mother in San Mateo County, Calif., and the trust campany has been desig- | | nated by the court of that county as their guardian. | ‘The company informs the court that during the litigation over the estate of the millionaire there has s.ccumulatedl i an income of $1,000,545.37 due the two; children on the share of the estate | which has been decreed to them under a decision of the District Supreme Court, and there will continue to be an ennual income of about $60,000. The value of the share of the two children is given in the petition as $2,005,705, | which is held in trust by the Fulton Trust Co. of New York and Lawrence Maxwell of Cincinnati, Ohio. The court is told it is necessary to have the local appointment to demand payment from the trustees of the ac- cumulated income. The trust is to con- tinue until James McDonald, jr., reaches the age of 30. « Lynchburg Poor Remembered. Special Dispatch to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va., December 26— Hundreds of baskets have been dis- tributed here to indigent families by the Elks Lodge, Carrie Harper Club and the Salvation Army. The Elks gave 200 The declaration has not * baskets, the Carrie Harper Club 200 yelatives of French and German pro- :een filed and the nature of the claim and the Salvation Army 125, Most of fessors and enginesrs, not knoymn here, < $he churches gave baskelsy PLEA BEARER ARRESTED. Spokesman for Flood Sufferers At- tempts Appeal to Hirohito. TOKIO, December 26 (#).—While Emperor Hirohito was en route to open the Diet today a man sprang from a crowd of spectators and attempted to present an appeal direct to the Em- peror. The man was arrested before he reached the imperial coach. The ap- peal requested assistance | suffering from floods t for farmers | gtore. SOCIETY GIRL ON STAGE. Daughter of Otto Lehmann Mem- ber of Ballet Group. CHICAGO, December 26 (#).—The stage has drawn another recruit from Chicago society in Miss Jean Affeld Lehmann, daughter of the Otto Leh- manns. Miss Lehmann is a member of the ballet of a musical play at a Loop theater. Otto Lehmann formerly was one of he owners of the Fair department His horses have taken many blue ribbons at society horse shows. Daily St P.M. Saturday. Help wanted advertisements Star are received up to 11 P.M. day be- fore issue and for The Sunday Star up to 5:30 TYPISTS —for regular positions or part-time work may be promptly secured by Help Wanted advertise ments in The Star. All kinds of help is promptly secured by these little advertisements in The Star because practically everybody in and around Wash- ington reads The Star. for The DRY LAW CHARGES HELD UPSUPPORTED Prosecutor Releases Two Women Against Whom Evidence of Sell- ing Liquor Was Insufficient. Lack of sufficient “probable cause,” and what was declared improper “cov- erage” of an informer, caused Assistant United States Attorney David A. Hart today to refuse to issue papers against two colored women, arrested on liquor charges. The informer, whom Hart held had not properly “covered” the case, was John Wade, colored, who, December 15, entered the home of Mary Evans, colored, 1900 block of Twelfth street, and claimed to have bought a pint of liquor. On Christmas eve, police of the elghth precinct arrested her for sale and possession. A few weeks ago police of the ninth precinct, in raiding houses, where Wade had reported “buys,” failed to find any liquor. The other case, thrown out today by Hart, freed Daisy Moxley, colored, 2300 block of Ninth street, who was also| arrested by eighth precinct police after, it is said, they found 144 quarts of liquor on the second floor of her home. The officers had entered the home, however, in search of a man wanted as a suspect in a murder case. They failed to find the man, but discovered the liquor. This, according to Hart, did not justify arrest for a prohibition law violation. Accidental Blow Kills Miner. Special Dispatch to The Star. GRANTSVILLE, Md., December 26.— Luther Hoover, 31, is dead from a frac- ture of the skull received while at work in the Barron mine near Garrett. He was injured when struck by a jack which slipped when a cutting machine was being blocked. He is survived by his m‘u one SOy | —Star Staff Photo. SHPS N DISTRES AT SEARESLLED Tug Roosevelt and Steamer in Peril From Reciz—No Lives Lost. By the Associated Press. SEATTLE, December 26.—Wireless | advices to the Coast Guard cutter | Unalga today indicated that two dis- abled vessels in the North Pacific which for several days have been staving off er by only narrow margin had been saved. Thirty-nine persons are aboard the two ships. The reports said that the sea tug Roosevelt, which became famous as the craft used by Robert E. Peary when he discovered the North Pole in 1909, had been towed safely to the lee of | Cape St. Elias after a hard fight to keep it from going on a reef. Held by Her Anchor. ‘The other distressed vessel, the Starr, with 23 persons aboard, was being held off Wessels Reef, Alaska, by her anchor while the steamer Northwestern stood by, leven days ago the Starr encoun- | tered trouble in a storm and called for help after she had struck a reef. She finally was towed to Seward by the} steamer Alameda. The Roosevelt picked up the Starr at Seward and started to tow her to Seattle. Heavy seas were encountered. Monday the tow line broke and in attempting to get another one to the Starr it became entangled in the Roosevelt’s propeller. Tug Towed to Safety. The Starr managed to make its anchor hold in 60 fathoms of water, but the sea tug began drifting help- lessly toward a reef. The steamer Northwestern, which went to the aid of the two ships, attempted to send out a lifeboat to the Roosevelt, but ap- parently did not succeed in taking any one off. The motor ship Attu also went to the aid of the Roosevelt last night. At midnight the Unalga reported that the Attu had got a towline to the Roosevelt and had pulled it to safety. LINER VICTOR OVER SEAS. Majestic Arrives in Time for Christ- mas Dinner Ashore. NEW YORK, December 26 (#).—A six-day fight for speed in wintry seas and fog ended in victory yesterday when the liner Majestic arrived from Southampton in time for her 1,000 pas- sengers to have their Christmas dinners ashore. Delayed by fog 22 hours, the ship was crowded to its utmost and made an average of 24.01 knots. The ship carried 11,000 sacks of mail, a good portion of which was of an Xmas nature. Immigration men pushed the examination of passengers, so that by noon all had been cleared. Among those who arrived were Wil- liam B. Leeds, Charles Levine and Mabel Boll, Lady Diani Cooper, Ad- miral Sir Francis Bridgman, Senator Raoul Dandurand of Ottawa, former president of the League of Nations; Sir Wilfred and Lady Grenfell of Lab- rador and Gen. W. W. Atterbury, presi- dent of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Le- vine said contemplated another transatlantic flight. BUTLER PROPOSES LAWLESSNESS CURE Opposes Unenforceable Laws and Cruel Punishment for Violators. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 26.-— Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University, in his annual re- port issued yesterday, criticizes present day crime cures which would operate by providing harsher penalties. “The cure for lawlessness is not to pass more laws,” he said, “still less to inflict more rigid, more severe and more cruel punishments for law violation. These can only be more or less futile | and aggravating expedients. “The true cure is first not to enact or promulgate laws which the general will does not or will not accept, and then to train that general will to a habit of in- | telligent self-discipline which will make it law abiding when it accepts laws as | just and right.” He mentioned the laws of Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee, which forbid the teaching of evolution, as being | among those he believed unenforceable. “The folly of this proceeding e: {only be excelled by its fruitlessness,” he said. “Such a law is not, and cannot be, enforced, simply because it is not by nature enforceable.” | He said the anti-evolution laws were {a good example of “the thousand and one compulsions, prohibitions and re- strictive regulations which crowd our { American statute books and which are ithe joy and delight of the legalistical- ly-minded.” He reported appropriations of $10.- 088,987 to cover the annual university | budget, nearly $8,000.000 of which goes for educational administration and in- | struction. —e LAST VETERAN DIES. “Thin Gray 'Line” Vanishes Shenandoah Junction Section. Special Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va., December 26.— With the death of J. B, Osburn, 85, near ! Shenandoah Junction, W. Va,, the “thin ! gray line” has vanished entirely in that } section, it was stated today by people | i from there. That part of the eastern | | panhandle furnished large numbers of § troops for the Confederate army. Mr. Osburn served under his father in the 12th Virginia Cavalry and four horses were killed under him. He was at Appomattox when the war closed, and with 17 other comrades broke through Federal lines and made their way home without the formality of surrender. in Influenza Epidemic Alarms Mexico. MEXICO CITY, December 26 (#).— Dispatches to El Universal - Grafico, from Guaymas, in the state of Sonora, sa2id that the existence there of 500 cases of influenza had alarmed the | public, which feared an invasion of the epidemic from the United States. In the nearby town of Ortiz the moving picture theaters and schools have been closed because of the prevalence of the